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| + | Echinochloa frumentacea, Link (Panicum frumentaceum, Roxbg.). Japanese Barnyard Millet. Closely allied to E. Crusgalli, but differing in the compact, somewhat incurved, appressed spikes, of nearly awnless spikelets: culms 1-4 feet, erect.—Cult, in S. E. Asia for the seed which is used for food. Occasionally cult. in U. S. for forage. Sometimes known as "billion-dollar grass." |
− | Echinochloa frumentacea, Link (Panicum frumentaceum, Roxbg.). Japanese Barnyard Millet. Closely allied to E. Crusgalli, but differing in the compact, somewhat incurved, appressed spikes, of nearly awnless spikelets: culms 1-4 ft., erect.—Cult, in S. E. Asia for the seed which is used for food. Occasionally cult. in U. S. for forage. Sometimes known as "billion-dollar grass." A. S. Hitchcock. | |